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Comment by Brandon Lawes on January 31, 2011 at 2:03pm

i would of been very excited too 

the look on my face will be priceless when i finally see a flower in person. 

 

Comment by Kobus Jooste on January 31, 2011 at 1:35pm

At a normal nursery, but in their food plant section.  I specifically asked if it is the correct cultivar because last season I bought a passion fruit plant from another nursery that ended up being a non-fruiting variety (or not edible fruit in any case). I'm not clued enough on the different varieties that I can ID them off the leaves as seedlings, so I waited anxiously for the first flower to form and open.  Boy was I happy!

Comment by Brandon Lawes on January 31, 2011 at 1:26pm

maybe i just have a bad breed or something.. where did you get your plant?

Comment by Kobus Jooste on January 31, 2011 at 1:22pm

I'd love to say that I did this or that to get it going but actually, I'm not quite sure why it is so happy.  It is the first one I tried in AP, and it just stood still for about 2 months and then took over.  My system is permanent flood and drain (no timer - pump on 24/7) and slightly acidic water.  The media is 19 mm quartzite crush.  Other than that I am not sure what the plant's requirements are.  I have about a dozen fruit now, but have to hand-pollenate.  Even with an open system, we seem to have very little pollenators around :(.  I loose about 3 - 4 flowers for each fruit that sets.

Comment by Brandon Lawes on January 31, 2011 at 1:13pm

im so jealous!!!

 

My passion wont Flower!!